WHO reform: the proposals and the debate
A collection of resources published by the Medicus Mundi international Network
for the Democratizing Global Health Coalition on the WHO Reform (DHG)
"The World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends." About WHO www.who.int
"The world needs a global health guardian, a protector and defender of health, including the right to health." Margaret Chan, September 2011 www.euro.who.int
"The reform should be guided by public interest values and a clear vision of health for all, and its rationale must be based on a solid analysis of the challenges that WHO faces and their root causes. Such analysis has not been made available till now." (DGH core statement)
WHO reform: process and proposals
Reform process at the 65th World Health Assembly, 21–26 May 2012,
and the 131th session of the WHO Executive Board, 28–29 May 2012
- Doc A65/5
WHO reform: Consolidated report by the Director-General
- Doc A65/5Add. 1
Draft Twelfth General Programme of Work and explanatory notes - Doc A65/40
Report by the WHO secretariat: Results of meeting on programs and priority setting - Doc A65/INF.DOC./6
WHO reform: High-level implementation and monitoring framework
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Doc EB131/3
WHO reform: Draft formal evaluation policy - Doc EB131/10
WHO reform: Revised terms of reference for the Programme, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board - WHO reform documentation
Evaluation Report of Stage 1 of Reform Proposals of WHO
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> Official documentations: 65th WHA and 131st session of WHO EB
> Main documents related to WHO reform: WHO website
> Older WHO reform documents
WHO reform debate: civil society positions
Reform process at the 65th WHA, 21-26 May 2012:
Civil society statements, comments, resources, events
- Core statement of the Democratising Global Health Coalition
on the WHO Reform (DGH)
www.bit.ly/dgh-statement - WHO Watch: WHO reform - key issues for WHA65
www.ghwatch.org/who-watch/wha65/whoreform - NGO side event to the WHA on Wednesday, 23 May, 5.30-7.30: WHO financing and governance: Democratic pathways for a sustainable leadership in global health.
www.bit.ly/65wha-whoreform-sideevent
Reform process following WHO EB130:
Civil society statements and comments
- NGO consultation on priority setting: Joint comment by Peoples’ Health Movement (PHM), Third World Network (TWN), International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN-GIFA) and Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI)
- Long version with summary of WHO documents and comment
- Short version, comment only, easier to read
- NGO consultation on priority setting: Further NGO comments
www.who.int
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> Older civil society statements on the WHO reform> Delhi Statement, 4 May 2011: WHO reform and democratizing global health"
Civil society networks and campaigns dealing with WHO reform
- Democratising Global Health Coalition on the WHO Reform (DGH)
"The Democratising Global Health Coalition on the WHO Reform (DGH) gathers a group of public interest NGOs and individuals committed to the realization of the right to health based on equity and universality, who highly value the constitutional mandate of the WHO for the realization of this right worldwide. We believe the stakes around the WHO are too high for the public health community NOT to be properly informed and come with a united voice, whenever possible, to safeguard the role for public policy and action that the WHO is mandated to serve. The DGH Coalition invites those public-interest organisations and citizens that share the same concerns on the WHO process, and vision for the future of WHO, to sign up to this statement and become members of the DGH coalition. United, we can make a much greater impact."
> DGH core statement www.bit.ly/dgh-statement
> DGH coordinator: Nicoletta Dentico
> DGH side event at 65th WHA: www.bit.ly/65wha-whoreform-sideevent
> DGH documents and statements are published on this page - People's Health Movement (PHM): WHO Watch
WHO Watch is a resource for advocacy and mobilisation and an intervention in global health governance. WHO Watch provides a current account of global policy dynamics in relation to a wide and growing range of health issues. While the focus is on issues being considered through the WHO the background documentation provides a more broadly based account of these issues.
> www.ghwatch.org/who-watch - a great resource, congratulations!
> www.ghwatch.org/who-watch/topics/whoreform - topic page on WHO reform
WHO reform: more analysis and comments
- Who is really helping WHO?
Andreas Zumach, May 2012
www.dw.de - Difficult task of setting priorities at the WHO
Amanda Glassman, May 2012
http://blogs.bmj.com - Urgent need for WHO's reform to prioritise core functions
Mohga Kamal-Yanni and Philippa Saunders, May 2012
www.thelancet.com - Global health governance and financing mechanisms
Samantha Battams and Thiago Luchesi, May 2012
www.globalhealtheurope.org - The European Union's voice and influence on global health and the reform of the World Health Organisation: the role of diplomacy
Samantha Battams, Remco van de Pas, Louise van Schaik, May 2012
www.globalhealtheurope.org - The WHO must reform for its own health
Tikki Pang and Laurie Garrett, May 2012
www.nature.com - The Reform of the WHO
Petronellar Nyagura, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Geneva, May 2012
www.ghd-net.org
- WHO reform and public interest safeguards: An historical perspective
Judith Richter in: Social Medicine, April 2012 (also in Spanish)
www.socialmedicine.info - WHO under siege from private sector
Tom Fawthrop in: Third World Resurgence, January/February 2012
www.twnside.org.sg/title2/resurgence - WHO Reform debate to continue, February fixed for member-driven priority setting
K. M. Gopakumar & Sangeeta Shashikant, TWN Info, January 2012
www.twnside.org.sg - The World Health Organisation, its reform and its relevance
Remco van de Pas, Wemos, Get involved blog, January 2012
http://getinvolvedinglobalhealth.blogspot.com - Overhaul needed on rules on WHO-NGO' relationship
Sangeeta Shashikant, TNW SUNS, January 2012, quoted from Ip-health
lists.keionline.org/pipermail/ip-health_lists.keionline.org - WHO Reform: threats and opportunities. A healthier political functioning
Centre for Global Health Policy and Innovation Blog, January 2012
http://chpiglobalhealth.wordpress.com - Action to preserve WHO's core functions cannot wait for organisational reform
Mohga M Kamal-Yanni, Oxfam, in: Lancet, January 2012
www.thelancet.com - WHO Reform: Fit for purpose or fit for plucking?
David Legge, Afro-Nets, January 2012
www.afronets.org - WHO reform at crossroads
Mihály Kökény, EurActiv, December 2011
www.euractiv.com - A healthier political functioning. WHO Reform: threats and opportunities
Eduardo Missoni in: Bulletin of Medicus Mundi Switzerland, December 2011
www.medicusmundi.ch - Global health leadership and the mandate of the WHO
Iboro Ekpo Nta, Evolutionary content dissertation, November 2011
www.medicusmundi.org - Third World Network: analysis of WHO EB Special Session
K.M. Gopakumar and Heba Wanis, 2 November 2011 (pdf)
K. M. Gopakumar and Sangeeta Shashikant, 11 November 2011 (pdf) - PHM comment on WHO consolidated reform paper
For WHO EB Special Session, 1-3 November 2011
www.ghwatch.org - Comment on WHO Reform Papers
Third World Network, 16 September 2011
www.ghwatch.org - Save WHO! Background to current WHO reform initiatives and possible advocacy messages
David Legge on: Global Health Watch, September 2011
www.ghwatch.org - WHO reform: members only (?)
Comment by Thomas Schwarz, August 2011
MMI ePlatform - “Irrelevant” WHO outpaced by younger rivals
Nigel Hawkes in BMJ, August 2011 (extract only, no free access to the full text)
www.bmj.com - WHO: Vague and inadequate reform plans criticised, nothing on financing
Sangeeta Shashikant on: TWN Info Service, July 2011
http://bit.ly/ptsuWR - WHO’s reform – a key challenge for the Member States
Ilona Kickbusch in: Health Diplomacy Monitor, June 2011, p. 3 (pdf)
http://ctpl.ca/sites/default/files/Health_Diplomacy_Monitor - WHO: Members' pressure leads to more inclusive reform process
K. M. Gopakumar and S. Shashikant on: TWN Info Service, June 2011
http://bit.ly/k2cack - Leveraging the World Health Organization’s Core Strenghts
Margaret Reeves, Suzanne Brundage, CSIS report, May 2011
http://csis.org - Revamp for WHO
Declan Butler in: Nature, May 2011
www.nature.com - The future of financing for WHO
Medicus Mundi International Network: statement at WHA, May 2011
MMI ePlatform - The future of financing for WHO
PHM statement at WHA, May 2011
www.ghwatch.org - Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Financing for WHO
Health Action International (HAI) during WHA, May 2011
http://haieuropestaffblog.blogspot.com - STOP the World Health Forum
The IBFAN position during WHA, May 2011
http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange - The future of financing for WHO
World Health Organization: reforms for a healthy future. Report by WHO DG to World Health Assembly (WHA document A64/4) and development plan (document A64_ID5-en), May 2011
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA64/A64_4-en.pdf
and http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA64/A64_ID5-en.pdf
- Time to untie the knots: the WHO reform and the need of democratizing
global health. "Delhi Statement", May 2011
http://bit.ly/jTuA7b
- How to set priorities for WHO
Gaudenz Silberschmidt, Graduate Institute Global Health Programme Working Paper. May 2011 http://graduateinstitute.ch - WHO reform: construction work ahead!
Comment by Thomas Schwarz, May 2011
MMI ePlatform - Reforming
the World Health Organization
Devi Sridhar and Lawrence O. Gostin in: JAMA (2011)
http://bit.ly/epV3nQ - The WHO and Global Health Governance
Ad hoc advisory meeting, Geneva, 11 March 2011. A report and analysis for MMI and PHM can be ordered at the MMI secretariat
WHO summary report - Is the WHO becoming irrelevant?
Why the world's premier public health organization must change or die. JC Chow in: FP (2010)
www.foreignpolicy.com/
- A stronger voice of civil society at the World Health Assembly?
Comment by Thomas Schwarz, June 2010
MMI ePlatform - Making WHO Work Better: An Advocacy Agenda for Civil Society
A discussion document produced by the Global Health Watch (2006)
www.ghwatch.org
- the issues are closely related.
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